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Pero nunca se la reduce cuando significa ir de un lugar a otro. Were going to grab a bite to eat. = Were gonna grab a bite to eat. 2. WANT TO y WANT A ambos se pronuncian WANNA; y, WANTS TO se pronuncia WANSTA. Do you WANT TO tambin se la puede reducer a WANNA. I want to go for a spin. = I wanna go for a spin. He wants to avoid rush hour. = He wansta avoid rush hour. 3. HAVE TO se pronuncia HAFTA; y, HAS TO se pronuncia HASTA. Sorry, i have to leave now. = Sorry hafta leave now. She has to go to work soon. = She hasta go to work soon. 4. HAVE se reduce a AV o A en frases positivas y negativas. Must have= mustav o musta. Must not have= mustnav o mustna. Would have= wouldav o woulda. Would not have= wouldnav o wouldna. Could have= couldav o coulda. Could not have= couldnav o couldna. Should have= should av o shoulda. Should not have= shouldnav o shouldna. 5. YOU casi siempre se pronuncia YA, YOURE y YOUR se pronuncian YER; y, YOURS se pronuncia YERS. Do you feel under the weather? = Do ya feel under the weather. Youre completely right. = Yer completely right. Your brother will be fine. = yer brother will be fine. Is this book yours? = Is this book yers? 6. TO se pronuncia TA despus de sonidos suaves; y, DA despus de sonidos fuertes. She wants to invite us to the party. = She wants ta invite us ta the party. I need to go to bed now. = I need da go da bed now. 7. AND y IN ambos se pronuncian N(en). Karen and Steve are coming to visit. = Karen n Steve are coming to visit. Tom is in Paris this week. = Tom is n Paris this week. 8. D + Y = JT + Y = CH Did you= didyu o didya Would you= wouldyu o wouldya Could you= couldyu o couldya Should you= shouldyu o shoudya Let you= letchu o letcha What you= whatchu o whatcha Dont you= donchu o doncha Didnt you= didnchu o didncha ROBERT VACA Pgina 1

ROBERT VACA R. 9. T se pronuncia como D cuando esta entre dos vocales. Thats a great idea. = Thats a gread idea. What a great car. = what a gread car. La letra T no se pronuncia cuando esta entre N y E. Center= cen er Counted= coun ed 10. La forma en el tiempo pasado ED se pronuncia T despus de sonidos suaves, D despus de sonidos fuertes y ID despus de T y D. T D Talked played Dressed ordered Wished happened ID decided wanted needed

De manera similar, la forma plural S se pronuncia S(es) despus de sonidos suaves, Z despus de sonidos fuertes y IZ despus de S, Z, SH, y CH. S Z IZ Desks sisters horses Cats legs peaches Tops eyes offices 11. El sonido de la H en los pronombes He,Him, His y Her y el sonido TH que hay en estas palabras no se notan en discursos rpidos acentuados; sin embargo, si se notan cuando no son acentuados. I think he flunked his bio class. = I think e flunked bio class. I told him to study more. = I told im to study more. He got an A on his final exam. = he got an A on is final exam. She thinks her teacher is crazy. = she thinks er is crazy. Pop quizzes I hate them. = pop quizzes I hate em.

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I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII.

I DONT UNDERSTAND. PLEASE HELP ME ANSWER THE QUESTION. PLEASE REPEAT. IS IT PLURAL OR SINGULAR? IS MY ANSWER CORRECT? MAY I OPEN THE DOOR? IN MY OPINION // IS MY OPINION. HE/SHE SAID THAT. SOMETIMES I THINK THAT. I DISAGREE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN SPANISH? HOW CAN I PRONOUNCE THIS WORD CORRECTLY? CAN YOU PARAPHRASE IT? PLEASE.

Robert: Hello, my name is Robert. Denisse: Hi, Robert. Im Denisse. R: Nice to meet you Denisse. D: Nice to meet you too.

Robert: Please, could you give me that tissue please? Denisse: Excuse me, could you repeat please? Because I didnt hear you well. R: Ok, I said if you could give me that tissue, please. D: Mmm What does tissue means in Spanish? R: Tissue means pauelo. D: Ooh yeah,here you have it. R: Thank you, Denisse. D: Youre welcome!

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